East Midlands Ambulance Service

• Background

• Crime/Risks to be addressed

• Interventions

Background Information

• Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Rutland

• One thousand 999 calls per day

• 38 Ambulance Stations

• 800 A&E staff

• Limited to Nottingham City Centre

Nottingham City Centre

• Crime Rate

• Crews responded to 163 stab/gunshot incidents

• Lone Worker (Rapid Response Vehicles)

• Drug use

• Police resources stretched

Previous Crime Reduction Initiatives

• Personal RadiosPersonal Radios

• Vehicle TrackingVehicle Tracking

• Risk address registerRisk address register

Crimes/Security Incidents

Verbal Abuse to Staff 292Actual Physical Assaults on Staff 164Criminal damage to ambulances Not knownTheft of ambulances 1Theft from ambulances 17Theft of drugs from ambulance 1Damage to equipment and vehicles 28

• Assault

• Assault with Offensive Weapon

• Lone Worker Risk

• Theft of controlled drugs

• Theft

Crimes/Risk to be addressed

Vehicles/ Staff

20 ambulances

5 Fast Response Vehicles

6 Ambulance Stations

Nottingham City Area

180 crewmembers

The Interventions

• Stab/Ballistic Resistant Vests

• Staff Protection System

• Drug Security Measures

• CCTV (withdrawn)

Personal Protective Equipment

• PSDB Body Armour Standards

– HG1/A - Ballistic Resistance

– KR1 - Stab Resistance

– SP1 - Spike Resistance

• Tailored to individuals

• Wearer policy

Staff Protection System

• Alarms

– Distress

– Timeout

– Motionless

– System failure

• Procedures

Drugs Security Measures

• Controlled Drugs

• Key Lock

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